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IFFBoston Preview 2: Thai prison, long-lost triplets, a drug-dealing Timothée Chalamet

It's hard to believe that it's already that time of year, but the Independent Film Festival Boston (henceforth referred to as IFFBoston), the city's largest gathering of the cinephiles, is upon us. This year's line-up is one of the best in recent memory, as it's positively chock-full of amazing and interesting titles, which will show from April 25 to May 2 at a variety of theaters across the city. Here's our second round of recommended titles, whose screenings take place over the weekend. We have the return of the "Godfather of Mumblecore," a doc about two Godfathers of underground punk, a coming of age tale, and some major festival hits. Be sure to check out the first post and to come back tomorrow, when we'll be covering the last three days of the festival.

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A Prayer Before Dawn

From our SXSW ’18 review: “[A Prayer Before Dawn] is a wonder of a film, a redemption song without its protagonist actually being redeemed, a sparse and sad document of prison life that doesn’t feel out of step with other films in its genre (Midnight Express, for one), and an anti-cathartic horror show designed to frustrate the casual viewer and complicate its messaging. As such, it is perhaps the most thematically and texturally realistic prison film made in recent years, captured on location at real Thai prisons (full of the grit and grime within) with an ensemble that, aside from Cole, is comprised of non-actors, and [Jean-Stéphane] Sauvaire, long a ‘doc-style’ filmmaker, is able to bring poetry to this chaos.”

‘A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN’ :: Saturday, April 28 at The Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square in Somerville, MA :: 9:15 p.m., all ages, $12 to $20 :: Advance tickets

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